Projects

“Forty is the old age of youth, Fifty is the youth of old age’ -Victor Hugo My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer. Follow me on Instagram or Twitter -> @BurnhamArts And by the time I finish this, I probably will have already crossed that threshold. Don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything. There were no parades, no skywriting, no… Read more »

“There was a time when people said, ‘Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.’ Now they just say, ‘Pay him!’ -Jim Carrey My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer. Follow me on Instagram or Twitter -> @BurnhamArts I thought it would be fitting if I followed up my fire article with something frozen…. Read more »

“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” -Benjamin Franklin My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer. Follow me on Instagram or Twitter -> @BurnhamArts The following photos were taken with my Nikon D7100 with a Sigma 18-250mm telephoto at or near 250mm. ISO: 1250 F-Stop: f6.3… Read more »

‘Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me – I am happy.” -Hamlin Garland My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer and I enjoy finding photographs in places I’ve… Read more »

This is two weeks of dredging compressed down to one minute with extra footage included on the setup of the time-lapse itself. Produced by Jim Burnham. Thanks to everyone who helped make this video possible: Kate Vilter, owner of Riverside Inn http://www.theriverside-inn.com/ Elijah Allen, local contractor, construction, email: elijahallen92 AT aol.com Check out his drone and kite sailing videos:… Read more »

Return to Part 1 of this adventure… Loch Lomond ‘Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond Where in the purple hue the hieland hills we view And the moon coming out in the gloaming From “The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond” In part one of this adventure we stuck around… Read more »

Skip to Part 2 of this adventure… Ye’ll tak’ the high road and I’ll tak the low road And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye But me and my true love will never meet again On the bonny, bonny banks of Loch Lomond From “The Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond” My name is Jim Burnham. I am a US photographer… Read more »

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” -Heraclitus As a member of the Peoria Camera Club, I get the opportunity to meet some very gifted photographers not only within the club, but from outside as well. We invite speakers every year to keynote our seminar and… Read more »

“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” -Susan Heller This is Part 2 of 2. If you haven’t read Part 1, go here… If you read Part 1, you’ve learned that there are a couple types of photography vacations. One is where you are alone… Read more »

“That her face, at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale” – Keith Reid/Procol Harem “Whiter Shade of Pale” This article is Part 1 of 2. Continue to Part 2 here… Originally, I was going to make this article about driving in the UK. After 1200 words, I realized I completely digressed from my original theme. If you… Read more »

“Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” -Greg Anderson It’s been awhile since my last “Focus Trek”. Sometimes I take these trips to “focus” on improving the craft. Other times it’s a mixture of family vacation and photography. With the former I can focus on just photography and… Read more »

This video demonstrates the atmospheric phenomenon “Differential Advection” where two air masses move over one another in two completely different directions. With this rig I kept the GoPro in timelapse mode taking a photo a minute for 6 straight days. Over 12,400 photos taken without interruption. Battery was still charged when I stopped recording. I will have another video on… Read more »

A failed Perseid Meteor Shower photo outing renders some spectacular views when 7 hours is condensed to 45 seconds.. Like and Share on > Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google+Share on Pinterest

This is a follow up to my last article about the Red Winged Blackbird. That day, I was there to watch them start painting a new barn quilt. They installed it last week, possibly the first one in Tazewell County, IL. Please take a look at the video I made about it! If you like it, share it! Subscribe below to be notified when a new article is posted…. Read more »

A Self-publishing Journey Begins The book is now available to order at: http://www.artistasylum.com/book/h7b12a9f3#h7b12a9f3 If you had asked me 15 years ago if we were going to publish a photography book, I would have responded with a strange look and a question answering your question… “Why?” I’ve been a student of photography, as I’ve heard many other photographers claim, since the beginning when… Read more »

“Clouds” started as an experiment in assembling a weather time-lapse video and soon morphed into a 25 location production. There have been a lot of cloudy days this Spring to take advantage of. After I heard Robbie’s “3ft Tall” original, I knew what I had to do. Take a look and let me know what you think. Thanks for watching! … Read more »

He knew I was different, but eventually accepted me and I became his guest. But then his wife showed up. by Jim Burnham In trying to rationalize the Orlando tragedy and the range of reaction from genuine sadness and regret to hard-line vitriol and gross acceptance of hate, I’ve come to the conclusion that humans, at their worst, can be downright horrible stewards of their own lives, much less… Read more »

Since the top guess is now below the current snow gauge at Leif’s in Sutton’s Bay, I alerted the top 3 winners listed below. Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s contest! First Place Rasa Poorman with a guess of 197.5″Rasa wins a custom made Leif Spork tile with the final snow tally of the season included on it (TBD) ALSO a… Read more »

The search continues… “The most beautiful music in the world is your own heartbeat, it assures you that you will survive even when the whole world leaves you alone.” -Unknown There was a six hour break between sessions. The bouldering session was not going to start until 4pm and I didn’t even… Read more »

This is part 1 of 2. Part 2 is here: Looking for a Heartbeat in Telluride (Part 2) Notes on a first workshop experience in one of the most beautiful places on earth “But some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days… Read more »

I plan to use this song I wrote and recorded to promote the new Leland Report photography book coming out this Summer! Like and Share on > Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google+Share on Pinterest

Retired Television Producer Scott Craig believes everyone has a story to be told, and he tells the extraordinary tales of everyday people in northern Michigan through The Story Next Door, a radio series he created for Interlochen Public Radio and later turned into a book of the same name. Like and Share on > Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on… Read more »

On 11/17/2013 an F4 tornado ripped across central Illinois causing over a billion dollars in damage. $900 Million plus was in Washington, IL. Back then, I compiled a large number of photos that I took the day of the tornado when everyone was first digging out of the rubble. A personal account of that day can be found here. Over the… Read more »